Key holder



March 30 1926.

S. FANNIN KEY HOLDER Filed Feb. 1, 1923 Patented Mar. 30, 1926. p

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KEY HOLDER.

' Application filed February 1, 1923, Serial No. 616,417.

useful Improvements in Key Holders, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a door key holder. The ob ect is to provideadev1ce which of the look outside the door. I

Another object is to provides .a simple little device of this characterthat cant-be.

easily carried around and applied to a'door key when desired or removedwith equal facility-therefrom, after having been applied. It is soconstructed that it may be left in place even while the key is turned 2and until the key is actually to be removed or proper authority.

In the accompanying drawings: v

Figure l is a view in perspective showing the key held in position inthe keyhole of'a door-lock with the key in position, part of which isshown in dotted lines;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through the holder;

Fig. 3 isa sectional View taken at right angles and looking into thedevice; and,

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one part of the device. v

The entire keyholder is preferably made of two pieces of cheap metal.The numeral'l represents a ring and 2 is a tang integral with one edgeof the ring and extending approximately in line with the axial center ofthe ring or in position to be inserted in the keyhole 3 of the lockadjacent to the key K as illustrated in Fig. 1. I

The other part of the holder is preferably made of a single piece ofthin sheet metal folded at the center to form a guard 4.- to receive thehandle 5 of the key as shown in full lines in Fig. 1 and dotted lines inFig; 2. This terminates in extending flanges 6 and 7 which fitin thecircumference of the ring and are capable of turning therein whendesired and these flanges terminate in lips 8 and 9 which embrace thinner surface of the rin while the inner ends of the shield 4 form soulders 10 that embrace the opposite surface of the ring 1 midwaybetween the lips and hold the two parts of the device rotatablytogether.

will prevent the key from being pushed out:

from the inside of the door by the person From opposite sides of theshield 4, spring :catches are cutand formed, the catch 11, is

to slide over the handle of the llkey" and: spring into it and hold itagainst removalfrom the key-holder until an authorized;

person lifts this catch. e I The othercatch 12 extends in the otherdirection and its free end liesinthe notch" 13 in the lip 9 in positionto enter the notch 145 in the ring 1 when the'key is in position, asindicated in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2, to hold the key againstturning.

T r-ICE.

Thus in a simple way Ihave provided I means for absolutely precluding aburglar or unauthorized person from either poking the key outof thekey-holeor turning it from the outside, while at the same time providinga simple little device that can be carried ibout' in the pocket andapplied to any door It is understood that the key can be turned from theinside without removing the holder by simply pushing the catch 12out ofthe notch 14 and turning it with the key just.

the lock and it may be removed from the lock or rather the key of thelook by simply lifting the catch 11 away out of engagement with'thehandle of the key and removing the holder from the lock, or rather fromthe key and key-hole. r l

' It is understood that this key-holder is applicable to any lockhavingthe ordinary key Whether it be in a house, apartment, oflice, store orhotel and it only requires-removal from the look when the key is to beremoved but it may be left within reach of the lock or carried about,

Iclaim:

1. A key-holder made of two members connected together one having meansferreceiving a key and holding it during the r0 tation thereof, andbeing rotatably connected with the other member and means forlockingsaid key-receiving member against turning relative to the other.

2. A key-holder made of two members connected together, one having meansfor receivin a key and being rotatably connected with the other, and aspring attached to said key-receiving member and en aging th other toprevent, the rotation of t 1e key.

3. A key-holder" including a ring having a tang to be received 111 akeyhole, and a shield rotatably connected withthe ringand the key frombeing turned or removed from the look from one side of the door or bythe unauthorized, and means for locking. one of said parts againstturning With respect to V the other part.

5. A key-holder made of two parts sprung together and rotatablyconnected together,

one having means to receive the end of they key and the other havingmeans to prevent the key from being turned or removed from the lockfromone side of the door or by the unauthorized, and means for lockingone of said parts against turning ith respect to ring.

the other part, one of said parts having-a catch for fastening thekey-holder to the key.

6, A key holder including a notched ring having a tang, a shieldrotatably connected With. the ring and having two catches one to fastenthe holder to the key and the other to lock the shield against turningwith respect to the ring.

7. A key-holder including anotched ring having a tang, a shieldrotatably connected With the ring and having two catches one to fastenthe holder to thekey and the ot or to lock the shield against turningwith reextending flanges each of which has avlip, and provided Withshoulders, the latter to embrace one side of the ring and the lips theother side of the ring, one lip/ having a notch to receive and guide thespring catch which locks the shield against turning in the In testimonywhereof I hereunto affix my signature.

SPENCER, FANNIN

